The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women ed. A. Susan Williams & Richard Glyn Jones (Penguin 0-14-024336-4, Aug 96, £8.99, xvi+560pp, tp, cover by Leonora Carrington) Reprint (Viking UK 1995) fantasy/SF anthology of 38 stories (three original) by women, published between 1941 and 1994. This is an international edition available in the US for $13.95.

Exodus from the Long SunGene Wolfe (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-63835-4, Oct 96, £16.99, xiv+386pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Book of the Long Sun] SF novel. Final volume in the Book of the Long Sun tetralogy.

FlatsRudolph Wurlitzer (Midnight Classics 1-85242-410-9, May 96 [Jul 96], £6.99, 159pp, tp) Reprint (Dutton 1970) literary fantasy novel set in a post-apocalyptic city. This is a worldwide edition and is available in the US for $11.99.

Across the FlameJonathan Wylie (Orbit 1-85723-395-6, Jun 96 [May 96], £16.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Keith Scaife) Dark fantasy novel. A young female artist is pursued for help by a sorcerer who has been trapped in a painting for centuries. Wylie is a pseudonym of Julia Smith and Mark J. A. Smith.

Other LandsJonathan Wylie (Orbit 1-85723-364-6, Jun 96 [May 96], £5.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Orbit 1995) fantasy novel. A woman must brave a world which mirrors her abused life, in order to rescue her lover. Wylie is a pseudonym of Julia Smith and Mark J. A. Smith.

Discoveries: The First Focus Science Fiction Anthology ed. Anon. (Gollancz 0-575-06258-4, Oct 95 [Aug 96], free, 190pp, pb, cover by Julian Baum) Anthology of six stories and two novel extracts, all from recent or forthcoming Gollancz volumes. Distributed free with the October 1995 issue of Focus, but only just seen.

A Book of GhostsSabine Baring-Gould (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-19-2, Nov 96, C$51.00, xxii+305pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Reprint (Methuen 1904) collection of stories, revised from the original edition by the inclusion of 2 further stories, A Dead Mans Teeth and The Old Woman of Wesel. There is a new Introduction by Richard Dalby, and illustrations by D. Murray Smith. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.50 and in the UK for £23.50.

The Occult Files of Francis Chard: Some Ghost StoriesA. M. Burrage (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-20-6, Dec 96, £23.50, xvi+278pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) [Francis Chard] Collection of 26 stories, including 13 from Some Ghost Stories (1927). Edited and with an Introduction by Jack Adrian. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.50.

Bruce Covilles Book of Magic: Tales to Cast a Spell on You ed. Bruce Coville (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-25931-8, May 96, $3.99, 178pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult original collection of 11 magic stories, two reprints. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors names.